The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-09-11

band, but scarcely believed i, of az y
who fought for independence. So,
beauty and booty, is your cry, is it ?
Like the jackal you hang on the out
skirts of our armies, leaving the lighting
to US, while you do the plundering, Al d
we bear the stigma and disgrace. You
bring public professions to assist your
private feuds and revenge on women
your hatred of men. | have nightly a
mind to string you all up for this night 8
work, nor would the general hold me to
account for it, for you are noted even
among the worst as deserving no favor
"You have the upper hand major !
make the most Of it-But your general
shall hear of this"
"As for you. lady" said the gallant
major, when he had heard our story,
you need be under no apprehension
| for thefuture. [ will see he will trouble
you 40 more. l only hope you will not
allow your detestation OF one unworthy
like him to discourage the efforts of
others in the Confederate cause, for be-
lieve me lady, honor is as dear to them
as to others, and some one may yet de-
sire to win you who is worthy. Your
father need fear no danger from US so
long as he confines his love for the old
flag to1ove only, for love of that only
becomes treason to the confederacy
when developed into words and overt
actions"
Thanks, thanks! and I hope you
may receive succor when you need it, as
we most verify did"
The fire had made too great head
way on our home to be put out and we
found ourselves homeless and hopeless,
but thankful Witbal. The major did
what he could for US and advised US To
leave the neighborhood for lime, as it
was likely TO be the theater of warfare.
for he knew not how long. He advised
US to goto st. Louis, but how were we
to get there. We were hundred miles
or more away, there was no established
lines of travel, we had no money and no
means of conveyance. And here again
the generous major came to our rescue.
With the Guerrill S he had captured
lot OF horses, fifty or more, and as they
had at different times stolen ours he
said 1t was only right we should have
our own, or their worth again-so he
told me to take what l wanted to take
US to st. Louis. We managed to patch
up q set OF harness and we had light.
but old wagon, and loading in few of
the remnants and fragments of food and
clothing We could find, we were soon
ready TO set out. As we would have
to travel fast we were advised to take
four horses, that when the first gave out
wecould use the others; and you may
be sure any suggestion that We thought
would add to our safety we were ready
to adopt.
We started, and it is unnecessary to
detail all our adventures. Enough that
we reached st. Louis in safety. We re-
manned there till the close OF the war.
We occasionally heard from the Con-
federate major, for short as the time
they were t2gether, mutual liking had
sprung up between Lilly and him and
they occasionally correspondent. He
had risen to be brigadier-general, had
been wounded repeatedly and had lost
an arm, yet still Lilly thought of him
In fact l think it rather made him
dearer to her-you see so queer are
women. Thornton's followers, to ee-
cape worse fate, had joined the regu-
lar Confederate service; and Thornton
making his. escape from con-
was shortly after killed in
raid on asnelehbor, thus Kidding society
of terror and menace. You see Lilly
and the major over there, so you may
guess IF the old, old, story. and I'm
alive and hearty, though that was a
terrible close call when was Saved6y a't
Enemy.